Int´l press focus on China´s foreign policy amid global economic crisis

Source: Xinhua | 03-09-2009 07:59

BEIJING, March 8 (Xinhua) -- China's diplomacy serves economy and the upcoming financial summit in London will be a success, Chinese Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi on Saturday told a press conference on the sidelines of the Second Session of the 11th National People's Congress (NPC).

The NPC session, together with the Second Session of the 11th National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC), has aroused the attention of overseas media that are keeping a close watch at the two ongoing political events held annually.

In an article titled "Chinese foreign policy to focus on economic objectivity this year," Singapore's Lianhe Zaobao quoted the foreign minister as saying that the principal line of China's diplomacy in 2009 is to drive its economy to develop in a steady and relatively fast way and that by participating in various global summits, China is to promote a more just and rational international order.

The Strait Times, also a Singaporean newspaper, paid special attention to Yang's remarks on Sino-U.S. relations, quoting the Chinese foreign minister as saying the Sino-U.S. ties are getting off a "good start" under the new Obama administration and China is ready to work with the U.S. and other countries to tackle the global economic crisis.